de.enough.polish.ui
Class Background

java.lang.Object
  de.enough.polish.ui.Background

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

BallBackground, BorderedRoundRectBackground, BorderedRoundRectOpeningBackground, BorderedRoundTabBackground, BorderedSimpleBackground, CircleBackground, CombinedBackground, DoubleGradientVerticalBackground, FadeInBackground, GradientHorizontalBackground, GradientRadialBackground, GradientVerticalBackground, HorizontalBackground, HorizontalSplitBackground, HorizontalSplitRoundRectBackground, HorizontalStripesBackground, ImageBackground, MaskBackground, OpeningBackground, PartialGradientBackground, PartialSimpleBackground, PolygonBackground, PulsatingBackground, PulsatingCircleBackground, PulsatingCirclesBackground, PulsatingRoundRectBackground, RepaintTestBackground, RoundRectBackground, RoundTabBackground, ScalingImageBackground, SimpleBackground, SlideShowBackground, SmoothColorBackground, TextBackground, ThinSimpleBackground, TigerStripesBackground, TiledImageBackground, TranslucentRoundRectBackground, TranslucentSimpleBackground, TriangleBackground, VerticalSplitBackground, VerticalSplitRoundRectBackground, VideoBackground, Web20RoundRectBackground, XmasSnowBackground

public abstract class Background
extends java.lang.Object
implements Serializable

Background is the base class for any backgrounds of widgets or forms.

Author:

Robert Virkus, robert@enough.de

copyright Enough Software 2004 - 2008

Field Summary

int	borderWidth Defines the width of this Background.

Constructor Summary

Background()
Creates a new Background.

Method Summary

protected void	addRelativeToBackgroundRegion(ClippingRegion repaintRegion, Screen screen, Item parent, int left, int right, int top, int bottom) Adds an repaint area relative to this background
boolean	animate() Animates this background.
void	animate(Screen screen, Item parent, long currentTime, ClippingRegion repaintRegion) Animates this background.
void	hideNotify() Informs the background that it is being hidden shortly.
abstract void	paint(int x, int y, int width, int height, javax.microedition.lcdui.Graphics g) Paints this background.
void	releaseResources() Releases all (memory intensive) resources such as images or RGB arrays of this background.
void	showNotify() Informs the background that it is being shown shortly or that it is now applied to a new visible item.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

borderWidth

public int borderWidth

Defines the width of this Background. Usually this is 0, but some backgrounds might have a border included.

Constructor Detail

Background

public Background()

Creates a new Background. The width of this background is set to 0 here.

Method Detail

animate

public void animate(Screen screen,
                    Item parent,
                    long currentTime,
                    ClippingRegion repaintRegion)

Animates this background. Subclasses can override this method to create animations. The default implementation calls the animate() method and adds the full content area to the repaint region.

Parameters:

screen - the parent screen

parent - the parent item, can be null when the background belongs to a screen

currentTime - the current time in milliseconds

repaintRegion - the repaint area that needs to be updated when this item is animated

See Also:

Item.addRelativeToContentRegion(ClippingRegion, int, int, int, int)

addRelativeToBackgroundRegion

protected void addRelativeToBackgroundRegion(ClippingRegion repaintRegion,
                                             Screen screen,
                                             Item parent,
                                             int left,
                                             int right,
                                             int top,
                                             int bottom)

Adds an repaint area relative to this background

Parameters:

repaintRegion - the clipping rectangle

screen - the screen of this background

parent - the item of this background

left - left adjustment of the repaint region, use negative values to expand area

right - right adjustment of the repaint region, use positive values to expand area

top - top adjustment of the repaint region, use negative values to expand area

bottom - bottom adjustment of the repaint region, use positive values to expand area

animate

public boolean animate()

Animates this background. Subclasses can override this method to create animations.

Returns:

true when this background has been animated.

See Also:

animate(Screen, Item, long, ClippingRegion)

paint

public abstract void paint(int x,
                           int y,
                           int width,
                           int height,
                           javax.microedition.lcdui.Graphics g)

Paints this background.

Parameters:

x - the horizontal start point

y - the vertical start point

width - the width of the background

height - the height of the background

g - the Graphics on which the background should be painted.

releaseResources

public void releaseResources()

Releases all (memory intensive) resources such as images or RGB arrays of this background. The default implementation does not do anything.

hideNotify

public void hideNotify()

Informs the background that it is being hidden shortly. The default implementation is empty.

showNotify

public void showNotify()

Informs the background that it is being shown shortly or that it is now applied to a new visible item. The default implementation is empty.